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The Oil and Fibre Plant Seed (Wales) Regulations 2004

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PART II E+WConditions to be examined by seed testing

6.  In the case of basic seed of a component of a hybrid variety of swede rape, the varietal purity of that seed may be assessed by a biochemical method where the official post-control of samples of the basic seed has not been carried out in accordance with paragraph 10.E+W

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the seed shall conform to the following standards or other conditions as regards analytical purity and content of seeds of other plant species —E+W

 

1Hemp seed shall be free from Orobonche spp. However the presence of one seed of Orobonche spp. in a sample of 100 grams shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of 200 grams is free from any such seeds.

Species and CategoryMinimum Analytical purity (% by weight)Maximum content of seed of other plant species (percentage by weight)Maximum content by number of seeds of other plant species in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of the table in Schedule 7
   All other plant species (including seeds of the species specified in columns 5 to 10)Wild oat (Avena fatua, Avena sterilis and Avena ludoviciana)Dodder (Cuscuta spp.)Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrumDocks (Rum ex spp. other than R. acetosella)Blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides)Lolium remotum
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Black mustard, brown mustard, white mustard, swede rape and turnip rape—         

(a)basic seed

980.3Not applicable00102Not applicableNot applicable

(b)CS seed

980.3Not applicable00105Not applicableNot applicable
Flax-basic, C1, C2 and C3 seed99Not applicable1500Not applicableNot applicable42
Hemp-basic, CS, C1 and C2 seed 198Not applicable3000Not applicableNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable
Linseed-basic, C1 and C2 seed99Not applicable1500Not applicableNot applicable42
Soya bean-basic, C1 and C2 seed98Not500Not applicableNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable
Sunflower-basic and CS seed98Not applicable500Not applicableNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable

(2) The presence of one seed of dodder (Cuscuta spp.) in a sample of —

(a)brown mustard;

(b)black mustard;

(c)flax;

(d)linseed;

(e)swede rape;

(f)turnip rape; or

(g)white mustard;

shall not be regarded as an impurity where a second sample of the same weight is free from any seeds of dodder.

8.  It shall be determined, by way of a germination test, whether the seed attains the applicable percentage of germination set out in column 2 of the table below —E+W

Species and categoryMinimum germination(% of pure seed)
Column 1Column 2
Basic, C1, C2 and C3 seed of flax92
Basic CS, CI and C2 seed of hemp75
Basic, C1 and C2 seed of linseed85
Basic and CS seed of black mustard, brown mustard, swede rape and turnip rape85
Basic and CS seed of white mustard85
Basic, C1 and C2 seed of soya bean80
Basic and CS seed of sunflower85

9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in any sample of seed of the species specified in column 1 of the following table harmful organisms of the type specified in columns 2, 3 and 4 of the table shall not exceed the number specified in the relevant corresponding entry of the table —E+W

SpeciesHarmful organisms
 Maximum percentage by number of seeds contaminated by harmful organisms (total per column)
 BotrytisAlternaria spp., Ascochyta linicola (syn. Phoma linicola), Collectotrichum lini, Fusarium spp.Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (maximum number of sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia in a sample of the weight specified in column 4 of the table in Schedule 7)
Column (1)Column (2)Column (3)Column (4)
Flax55Not applicable
Hemp5Not applicableNot applicable
Linseed55Not applicable
Sunflower5Not applicable10
Swede rapeNot applicableNot applicable10
Turnip rapeNot applicableNot applicable5
White mustardNot applicableNot applicable5

(2) In the case of flax, the maximum percentage by number of seeds contaminated by Ascochyta linicola (syn Phoma linicola) shall not exceed 1%.

(3) In the case of seed of soya bean —

(a)the maximum number of sub-samples within a sample of 5,000 seeds minimum per lot sub-divided into 5 sub-samples which have been found to be contaminated by Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea shall not exceed 4;

(b)the maximum number of seeds contaminated by Diaporthe phaseolorum shall not exceed 15%; and

(c)the percentage by weight of inert matter shall not exceed 0.3%.

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